The concept dinner took place in the former private dining room of a Jewish German immigrants’ family home, now repurposed as a public research & education center. Diners were invited to gather around a large communal table and experience a typical festive Israeli family meal in a private- public space that evoked a sense of family, home & Gemütlichkeit as well as history, tradition and conviviality.

The Sabbath dinner, a weekly ritual in most Israeli households, is typically composed of an excessively large array of dishes reflecting the ‘Israeli cuisine’; the existing local food culture, local ingredients and the various cuisines and food memories brought by each Diaspora. The abundance of cooking pots formed a new topography; an aesthetic and gastronomic experience indicative of the various cuisines and cultures, both local and from afar, coming together to create a new identity, thus, a melting pot.